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Hutch countertop same wood as cabinets - or no? Pics included

14 years ago

I have another detail decision to make, and I would love opinions and recommendations on wood species.

I will have a stand alone painted cream and glazed hutch. The other cabinetry - perimeter and island- will be birch with basically a clear stain. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the door sample.

I want the countertop on the hutch to be wood sealed with Waterlox or tung oil or something. Question - should the wood countertop species be the same as the perimeter cabinetry or different?

Here are some pics:

I've always liked this wood - it's the hutch of someone here on the forum, but can't remember who. It's tiger maple, but I have some color variation in the cabinetry and my granite, Golden Beaches, has detail (more busyness!) so I don't think I should introduce yet more busyness with tigerwood, right?:

{{!gwi}}

I like black walnut too, but again, I am thinking it's too different than the cabinetry, right? Normal maple seems too calm perhaps? Cherry too red? Should I just stick with the safe bet and match the cabinets?

Since I don't have a photo of my door sample, here is the closest I can find in looking through the FKB, and I think it's fairly close to what mine looks like - for sure in the graining, and pretty close in the color.

{{!gwi}}

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Comments (3)

rhome410
14 years ago
Natural walnut or maple would be a nice contrast to the birch, so would be OK to me for an unfitted type of piece, and the cherry, I think, will look like the birch color, but darker? If so, that would be pretty, too. I agree with your judgment about the tiger maple...Maybe too much with the rest.

I think I like cherry best if it will, indeed, look like a darker version of the birch color and not clash instead. For second place, while I like the idea of the maple with the birch, I think it might not be as great with the Golden Beaches, so I'd probably choose walnut.
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needsometips08
Original Author
14 years ago
Thank you Rhome, I have another question...

Does anyone know where to get access to a hopefully inexpensive source of wood that can be finished for the hutch countertop?

My cabinet people use Richeliu as their source and I have a feeling they are going to be very expensive, but I have the leeway with my cabinet people to pick my own - and even finish it on my own if I am so inclined (to save money), but I need to know where to start looking!

Any ideas?
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Here is a link that might be useful: Kat's kitchen
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